Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 157 Jin Fu gives treasures
Jinchan Mountain, six months later.

In the Golden Toad Palace, Jin Fu accepted the longevity peach held in a golden silk ribbon from the gift box with a beaming smile. However, his smile quickly faded, and he sighed softly, looking at Niu Yi opposite him with a reluctant expression, saying:
"Brother, are you really not going to stay a little longer?"

Niu Yi smiled and shook his head, saying:
"Thank you for your kindness, elder brother, but I have been away from the sect for a long time, and I have other things to do outside. I will return to the sect as soon as possible."

His elder brother Jin Fu celebrated his birthday for seven days and seven nights on Jin Chan Mountain, making the mountain quite lively during that time.

But now that Brother Jinfu's birthday banquet is over, he plans to go to the places recorded in the old Zen master's book to look for treasures, and then return to his master's school.

Of course, he stayed on Golden Toad Mountain for two years, and his cultivation did not stagnate at all. With the help of the Water Spirit Pearl, his comprehension of the Great Dao of Water was progressing by leaps and bounds, and he was only one step away from mastering the supernatural power of his external avatar.

Seeing that Niu Yi was determined, Jin Fu could only nod. He then gave Niu Yi a wink and turned to walk towards the wall with a golden toad relief.

Upon seeing this, Niu Yi was taken aback, but he understood and followed.

Jin Fu arrived in front of the golden toad relief, and without making any move, he walked straight through the relief and disappeared. Niu Yi raised his eyebrows slightly upon seeing this, and then stepped into the relief as well.

Even his discerning eye failed to spot the flaw in this golden toad relief.

As soon as Niu Yi entered the relief, he felt his vision suddenly open up, and this was clearly a space in a pot that was independent of the outside world.

All that could be seen beneath their feet were patches of pure white clouds, while around them, a continuous rain of shimmering golden coins fell, disappearing as they entered the clouds, in an endless cycle.

Apart from these, it seemed that only he and Brother Jin Fu were in this place, which was empty and had nothing else.

Niu Yi saw Brother Jin Fu squatting on a cloud, seemingly searching for something within it. After a moment, he picked up a golden treasure box from the cloud and walked towards Niu Yi.

But then Jin Fu wiped the non-existent dust off the box with his sleeve before handing it to Niu Yi.

"Brother, this is a fine treasure. You should keep it safe."

"Brother Jinfu, what's wrong?"

Jin Fu, however, directly stuffed the treasure box into Niu Yi's arms, patted Niu Yi's shoulder, and said with emotion:

"If it weren't for my brother inviting that Senior Nine-Headed Lion, there would be no Golden Toad Mountain of my kind. A favor from someone like that is something that no amount of rare treasures could buy."

“I know that you used that favor to ensure the safety of my Golden Toad Mountain. These days I have been thinking about how to repay your kindness. After much thought, I can only say that this is the only thing that can express my gratitude.”

Niu Yi was about to say something when Jin Fu waved his hand and said:
"Don't be so polite with me, brother. This treasure would just be gathering dust here! Only someone as capable as you, brother, can bring out its true potential!"

Jin Fu spoke with great composure and determination, but Niu Yi could still clearly see the trace of reluctance in his eyes.

He and his elder brother Jin Fu were both extraordinary beings, born with an innate sensitivity and love for the treasures of the world—it was their very nature.

Even without opening the box, Niu Yi knew that the expression that made Brother Jin Fu show was something Brother Jin Fu had kept hidden away.

Jin Fu, however, didn't give Niu Yi a chance to refuse, pushing the treasure box further into Niu Yi's arms, and said:

"Brother, you have shown me such great kindness. If I, as your elder brother, do nothing in return, how can I possibly get along with you in the future!"

"Hurry up and put it away! Don't let your older brother make a fool of himself."

Upon hearing this, Niu Yi smiled at Jin Fu's sincere face, but instead of opening the box, he put it into the Chaos Green Gourd, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Jin Fu, and said:

"Thank you for your precious gift, brother. I will cherish it."

"Haha~, all the treasures have been given to my worthy brother. How to use them is entirely up to him!"

The two chatted and laughed as they left the secret realm, opened the gate, and arrived at Jin Fu's bedroom. There, they saw three figures waiting outside.

These three people were the Mei brothers and Ao Xuan, who had been waiting outside.

"Brother Guangyi!"

Niu Yi cupped his hands in greeting to the two people before him and smiled:

"What's going on with you two brothers?"

But then the two Meishan brothers laughed heartily and said:
"We two originally intended to come to bid farewell to Brother Jinfu, and then to Brother Guangyi. Unexpectedly, we encountered Brother Guangyi's page outside Brother Jinfu's palace. Only then did we learn that Brother Guangyi was also leaving today. So we waited here for a while."

The four of them have now gone through thick and thin together, and in the past six months they have often gotten together to sit and discuss matters, addressing each other as brothers.

The four exchanged pleasantries for a while at the entrance of the palace, and then the two Mei brothers took their leave first.

"Brother Jinfu, Brother Guangyi, if you ever come to Guanjiangkou in the future, be sure to look for us. The six of us from Meishan will be waiting for you. Even my Zhenjun, if he knew of your friendship, would be happy to befriend you!"

Seeing the Meishan brothers bow and leave, Niu Yi and Jin Fu also bowed in return, watching the two men depart.

Niu Yi turned to look at Jin Fu and said:

"Brother, I'm leaving with Xuan'er now. Please take care."

After Niu Yi finished speaking, a cloud of auspiciousness quickly formed beneath his feet, carrying him and Ao Xuan as they soared into the sky. Jin Fu watched their rapidly disappearing figures and sighed:

“My dear brother, your talent and background far surpass those of your elder brother. I only wish that you will have no obstacles on the path to enlightenment, cultivate to the point of attaining the Great Luo.”

Niu Yi flew through the sky with Ao Xuan, but instead of rushing on their way, he took out the book that the old Zen master had left him and turned to the page that contained information about tiger bones.

"White Tiger Ridge, huh?"

This is another familiar place, the very place where Lady White Bone would later reside.

According to the old Zen master's account in the book, not long after the creation of heaven and earth, a white tiger fell here and was buried deep at the bottom of the mountain, making the killing aura and spiritual energy in the mountain extremely dense.

The White Bone Lady, also known as the Corpse Demon, was likely nurtured under these circumstances.

In White Tiger Ridge, besides the White Bone Lady, there seemed to be some python demons and snake demons, but none of them posed a significant threat.

However, even after tens of thousands of years, only the skeleton of the white tiger remained. Its flesh and blood transformed into a dense killing intent that would erode the spirit and consciousness of any living being that approached.

"If I want to enter that abyss to retrieve the tiger bone, I must block the killing intent of heaven and earth. Fortunately, I have the Earth Spirit Pearl to protect my body, the Nine-Turn Golden Wheel to protect my primordial spirit, and the Pure and Tranquil Scripture to keep me from being affected by the killing intent and to maintain my original mind."

"I might be able to do this."

After pondering this, Niu Yi closed the book and looked at Ao Xuan beside him, saying:
"Xuan'er, this journey may be dangerous. Let's go back into the gourd and wait for a while."

Ao Xuan nodded quickly.

"Yes, sir."

Niu Yi smiled and nodded, then opened the mouth of the Chaos Green Gourd. After seeing Ao Xuan enter, he stuffed it back in and put it away.

Niu Yi looked around, identified the direction of White Tiger Ridge, and then transformed into a golden light, quickly heading towards White Tiger Ridge.

With Niu Yi's speed, it didn't take long for him to appear above White Tiger Ridge.

Niu Yi stood on the clouds and looked down. He saw that the mountain seemed no different from other mountains and was quite beautiful. However, if he looked at it with his discerning eyes, he felt that the mountain was filled with demonic energy.

If one were to fully activate the Multi-Treasure Eye, one could see through this mountain range completely. Not only were demons and monsters running rampant, but deep beneath its surface lay an extremely terrifying killing intent. The killing intent of the White Tiger Bone had even formed a killing abyss at the bottom of the mountain.

Upon seeing this, Niu Yi couldn't help but nod in admiration.

"Truly worthy of being called the White Tiger, the master of slaughter."

His painting of dragons roaring and tigers howling originally incorporated tiger-roaring stones and dragon-roaring stones.

These two treasures are of the earth and water elements, but compared to the White Tiger Bone and the True Dragon Bone, they are insignificant and worlds apart.

If one were to find a mountain lord bone that follows the earth element path and integrate it into the Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl diagram, allowing the diagram to continue following the earth and water element paths, it would be a good fit for him. However, it would not have the potential to be as great as the White Tiger bone.

Moreover, it is already extremely rare to find an unclaimed white tiger bone in this place; where else could he find a mountain king bone that had walked out of the Earth Path?

"Judging from the aura emanating from this white tiger bone, this place has likely nurtured other treasures over the past tens of thousands of years."

Niu Yi's eyes gleamed with golden light as he looked at the white tiger bone deep underground.

Just then, Niu Yi suddenly felt the world darken. He raised his eyebrows slightly and saw that the White Tiger Ridge on the ground had turned into a huge white tiger with a strong killing intent wrapped around its body.

But the white tiger was staring intently at him, its eyes filled with nothing but icy coldness.

"Is this... a murderous illusion caused by my spying? Even though this white tiger has been dead for tens of thousands of years, it's still incredibly ferocious!"

But then the white tiger rapidly grew larger, soon becoming as tall as the sky, its massive legs like pillars supporting the heavens, and its abyss-like jaws snapping down at Niu Yi!

Niu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, while the golden bull spirit in his Niwan Palace glared angrily and let out a long moo.

“Moo——————”

As the mooing sound continued to spread, everything in front of Niu Yi shattered into pieces, only to find that White Tiger Ridge was still White Tiger Ridge, and there was no white tiger to be seen.

However, in Niu Yi's eyes, the murderous intent emanating from the depths of White Tiger Ridge began to rise continuously and gradually become more violent.

In the White Bone Cave of White Tiger Ridge.

A strangely beautiful woman in black, who was sitting cross-legged on the sea of ​​bones, suddenly opened her eyes, her expression changed drastically, and looked down at the bottom of the sea of ​​bones.

She felt a murderous intent rising violently within her.

"That thing in the abyss actually erupted?! Could it be that something has changed inside?!"

Lady White Bone's expression kept changing, her eyes flashing with a sharp light, and she transformed into a ball of black mist, quickly probing towards the abyss.

Regardless of who made it, even though no one in White Tiger Ridge has been able to enter the Abyss for so many years, she has her eye on the treasures within. If anything in the Abyss changes, she might be able to get a chance to obtain them!
(End of this chapter)